chhotahazri

Hindi: chhoti haziri, vulg. hazri, 'little breakfast'; refreshment taken in the early morning, before or after the morning exercise. (Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, 1994 [1886])

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Showing posts with label Amitav Ghosh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amitav Ghosh. Show all posts
15 October 2019

The Silk Route Between the Covers

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My 'Shelf Life' column for October: The unreal lustre of silk has long been the stuff of fantasy, in life and in fiction, from Al...
12 June 2015

Book Review: The Long Voyage of the Ibis

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My (long) review of Amitav Ghosh's Flood of Fire. Published in the Wire . A recent article in Slate on the surprising survival o...
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